-29%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at New Jersey City University fell 28% between 2021 and 2024 (5.1k → 3.7k).
New Jersey · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
New Jersey City University
Jersey City, New Jersey. 4,076 undergraduate students. 58 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at New Jersey City University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-26%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 26% at New Jersey City University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (4.1k vs 5.5k).
-13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at New Jersey City University fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (39.0% → 33.9%).
-12%
First-year retention
First-year retention at New Jersey City University fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (73.6% → 64.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. New Jersey
Each tile compares this institution to the New Jersey median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$52,745+15% · 6→10y
New Jersey median $46,742$45,918
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.7%+13% · '97→'24
New Jersey median 62.0%$14,250+270% · '97→'20
At program completion4,076-38% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS66.6%-15% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time89.2%-48% · '01→'09
latest cohort$13,971+211% · '00→'24
out-of-state $24,888SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%Median federal debt $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,745 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+37%
New Jersey City University · completion · 100% rose
5.5% → 7.5%
-15%
New Jersey City University · retention fell
76.0% → 64.8%
-38%
New Jersey City University · undergrad enrollment fell
5,947 → 3,681
+211%
New Jersey City University · in-state tuition rose
$4,643 → $14,460
+81%
New Jersey City University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,003 → $14,460
+270%
New Jersey City University · median debt rose
$5,000 → $18,500
-100%
New Jersey City University · cohort default rate fell
11.1% → 0.0%
+23%
New Jersey City University · pell share rose
42.6% → 52.5%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$119,555Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$101,035Accounting and Related Services.$88,712Business Administration, Management and Operations.$86,783Educational/Instructional Media Design.$76,968Educational Administration and Supervision.$76,758Computer and Information Sciences, General.$74,174Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$69,547Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$69,415Marketing.$68,854Finance and Financial Management Services.$68,816Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$67,915Accounting and Related Services.$66,582Fire Protection.$62,597Special Education and Teaching.$60,846Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.$59,717Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,525Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,995Homeland Security.$56,988Biology, General.$54,988History.$54,387Mathematics.$54,338English Language and Literature, General.$53,839Criminal Justice and Corrections.$52,935
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Special Education and Teaching.$60,846Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,525Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$67,915Educational Administration and Supervision.$76,758Educational/Instructional Media Design.$76,968Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$69,547
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at New Jersey City University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,045,341
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,160
- HS-only baseline · NJ
- $41,700
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in New Jersey
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“New Jersey City University graduates earn $X” — not “New Jersey City University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending New Jersey City University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.